DUTIABLE COMMODITIES.
No. 36 of 1931.
1955
Issue and duration of
54. (1) As soon as may be after the granting of an application, the board shall notify the Accountant-General thereof: whereupon he shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the applicant a licence in the prescribed form.
(2) Every publican's or adjunct licence shall be valid only until the 30th day of November next following the date on which it is granted: Provided that where this period is ten months or less, a proportionate part only of the fee shall be charged, to which (except in the case of the transfer of a licence) ten per cent. shall be added.
55. The board shall have the same powers in relation to the transfer and revocation of publicans' and adjunct licences and the substitution of other premises for the premises for which such licences are issued as are conferred on officers authorized to grant licences under section 7:
Provided that
(1) every such transfer or substitution shall be indorsed by the Accountant-General on the licence;
(2) the intended transferee of any such licence shall make a like application as if applying for a new licence on his own behalf;
(3) there shall be a right of appeal to the Governor in Council from any decision of the board under this section and any twenty householders within a radius of a quarter of a mile from the premises for which a licence was issued or which it is proposed to substitute for such premises shall have a similar right of appeal:
Provided also that in case of the illness or temporary absence of the holder of a publican's or adjunct licence the secretary to the board may in his discretion, on payment of a fee of ten dollars, authorize any person to manage the licensed premises for a period not exceeding three months, and during that period such person shall be deemed to be the licensee of the premises.
56. (1) In case of the death or insolvency of the holder of a licence to which this section applies, his executor or administrator or trustee may carry on the business on the licensed premises until the expiration of the licence, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.